News and reports from the Department of Homeland Security.

Laredo North Station agents working at the Interstate Highway 35 (I-35) immigration checkpoint stopped a human smuggling attempt involving a commercial box truck. The incident happened on Feb. 14, when a rental box truck with two visible occupants approached the primary inspection lane at the I-35 checkpoint.

U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector’s Eagle Pass South Station rescued a Nicaraguan woman stranded in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass, Feb. 16.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers (CBPOs) in Memphis have seized 2,509 lbs of drugs since the beginning of this fiscal year.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Rochester Airport Port of Entry seized designer watches worth more than $2 million, due to trademark violations.

Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Sector Border Patrol agents arrested four Salvadoran gang members this week.On Feb. 15, McAllen Border Patrol Station (MCS) agents arrested a Salvadoran national near Hidalgo, whose record checks revealed he is a Mara-Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang member.

Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents disrupted three migrant smuggling attempts resulting in 13 arrests.

Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents disrupted seven migrant smuggling attempts resulting in 40 arrests.

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An Aguila area man was sentenced Monday to 15 months in prison for smuggling weapons from the United States into Mexico following an investigation by U.S.

Pursuant to a joint investigation by the U.S.

A local man made an initial appearance Thursday in federal court facing charges of robbery of a postal employee, theft or receipt of stolen or reproduced keys or locks, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.

After pleading guilty to production of child pornography, Moctezuma Lopez, 28, of Paris, Kentucky, was sentenced in federal court to serve 180 months in prison.

Eugene Charles McGrath, 55, of Knoxville, Tennessee, was recently sentenced to serve 300 months in federal prison for producing child exploitation materials.The case was investigated by U.S.

Zachery McCuen, age 29, of Carter Lake, was sentenced on Monday, to 96 months in prison for accessing child pornography.

On Tuesday, a Mexican national was sentenced to 60 months in prison for unlawfully re-entering the United States after previously being removed by U.S.